CHAPEL HILL – With help from healthy women trying to conceive babies, North Carolina scientists have uncovered the most precise information yet about when pregnancy starts in humans.
Fertilized eggs attach themselves to the lining of the womb six to 12 days after ovulation, the research shows. In most successful pregnancies, that implantation -- the real start of pregnancy -- occurs on day eight, nine or 10 following ovulation. Day eight appears to be the most successful.
The later the attachment takes place, the more likely a pregnancy will end on its own, the scientists found.
Conceivably -- no pun intended – as a natural protective mechanism, the uterus tends to reject fertilized eggs that take too long to adhere to the lining because they may be less fit, the researchers say. On day 11, more than 50 percent of pregnancies fail and on day 12, that number jumps to over 80 percent.
So there we go. Day 8... So today or yesterday for me. Hurry up little egg implant yourself! On the positive note I'm getting a lot more vivid dreams. Had two last night, one was about this really cool new pregnancy tests which you pressed a button with two fingers and it saw if there was 1 or two heart beats and you could check it every hour! The other was mainly me being pregnant looking after my son.
I'm not to bad at holding off and testing as my OH has a cow every time I do. Why you always wasting money blah, blah blah conversations. I think its more how he was raised to save money and my mum taught me how to spend. So we compromise. If I can get away with a sneaky early one I do
Aknqtpie: Although I do believe your HCG needs to be 0 to ovulate I did read a story about a woman in the UK who got pregnant twice. The babies where 4 weeks apart. I can't remember if they brought both out (I'm guessing they would) or got the older one out and stopped the other.